Portable vise



Feb. 19, 1929. 7 1,702,815

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)PatentedFeb. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES CHARLES H. COTHRAN', OF FORT COBB, OKLAHOMA.

PORTABLE. VISE.

Application filed May 16,

This invention relates to a portable vise and has as its general object to provide a novel vise structure in combination with a wheeled body adapting the vise to be employed in fields and readily moved about from place to place.

lVith this and other objects in view, my invention will be better understood from a description of the same when taken in connec tion with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device;

Figure 2 is a front elevation;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1; 1

Figure 4 is a detail horizontal sectiona view through the'vise structure;

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the body of a cart.

The vise embodying the invention consists of a support bar 14 of a configuration to provide a horizontal flange 15 and a vertical flange 16. The horizontal flange 15 is directly secured to the top 17 ot' cart body 1 by the bolts 18 which are encircled by the sleeves 19 that are interposed between the flange 15 and the said top, and thus the bar is efl'ectively secured to and spaced a predetermined distance above the body. The vertical flange 16 is provided with openings 20 to have interlocking engagement with the L-shaped extremities 21 of the companion vise jaws 22. These aws 22 have threaded engagement with feed screws 28 that have head portions 24- rotatably mounted in the vertical flange 16 and held in place by the clip 25. A handle 26 is secured to the feed screw to facilitate turning of the latter.

The body is supported upon a frame 27 directly secured to the receptacle and in turn supported by the wheels 28. A tongue 29 extends from the frame and carries the handle 30, by means of which the apparatus may be readily moved.

I claim 1. A vise comprising a stationary jaw mem- 1927. Serial No. 191,855.

stem fitting through the threaded opening in r the second mentioned jaw member, and a'handle at the other end of the said stem providing means whereby the stem may be rotatably adusted to eifect adjustment of the second mentioned jaw member with respect to the first mentioned jaw member.

2. A vise comprising a stationary j aw member having a perpendicular slot therein and an opening spaced with respect to the slot, an adjustable jaw member comprising a body portion opposing the first mentioned jaw 1nember,a shank at one end of the body portion engaging through said'slot, a head at the end of the shank engageable with the face of the first mentioned jaw member opposite the face which opposes the adjustable jaw member, a retaining member secured to the said face of the first mentioned jaw member and including a portion extending opposite and in paced relation to the opening in said member, the ustable jaw member having a threaded opening therein, an adjusting screw having a headed end rotatably fitted in the opening in the first mentioned jaw member and engaged by the said portion of the retaining member, the said adjusting screw being threaded through the said opening in the adjustable jaw member, and a crank handle upon the other end of said adjusting screw.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES H. OOTHR-AN. 

